According to JTA, the Geonosis Arena packs are still in the red packaging at the request of Target! Now that's a wow. Apparently Target wanted a uniform look to their exclusive, so that the packaging could also form a full circle.

There's more to it than just that. These were originally scheduled to be released in May of this year. That would have put their release before the change in the line look which started to transition in July. But Target changed things up and wanted to hold the Arena 2-packs for a sale/promo event later this year. It seems that the sets had already been produced and packaged, so they've been held for that promotion.

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The new AOTC 3-PO is one of my most anticipated figures for this year, even with all the great stuff coming out in the regular waves. We never really did get a nice figure of this version of C-3PO and it was a much needed resculpt in my opinion. With this, and the upcoming Zam Wessell, it covers probably my top two wants from AOTC.

OK, I picked up all six sets last night at Target but once I got them home, I really wasn't sure why I bought the Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Shaak Ti sets.

Questions for anyone that has opened these up...

* Anakin - is there anything else 'new' on him besides the head/deco? I read someone say he now has ball-joint hips, but I'm not sure that is right. Does he have new hips or not?

* Obi-Wan - is there anything else 'new' on him besides the head? I don't really like the new head sculpt and I have enough SBDs, so I'm pretty sure I'm taking this one back...

* Shaak Ti - I know she has new arms... but the RotS one is good enough for me. Something about her deco (the eyes maybe) just makes me prefer the RotS one. Can anyone confirm if her legs are the same as the RotS or did she get a leg upgrade to go with her elbow upgrade?